The Word Room

inception: 2001

Description

WordRoom.net is an evolving participatory site for dialogue on prevailing violence perpetrated against civilian populations under the guise of "war on terror."
Documented in the website, "The Word Room" project began with a multidisciplinary interactive installation in November, 2001, intended to reclaim the public space for open expression of differing views.
WordRoom.net grew beyond this physical space, as a borderless site of dissent, to question the American military aggression in Afghanistan. With the escalation of systematic state-directed terror in other parts of the world and the alarming repressive policies brought forth against freedom of expression, the site is undergoing expansion to highlight the global interconnectedness of militarism, culture of violence, and repression of civil liberties.
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attributed to: Post-Exile Collective

inception: 20 June 2002

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Taraneh Hemami, Post-Exile, Janalyn Hanson White Gallery, HalehNiazmand, Gita Hashemi, wordroom.net, Toronto, San Francisco, post-exile.net, New York, Iowa, Cedar Rapids, canada, California, Afghanistan

Attribution: Post-Exile Collective

tactical, Participatory, Conceptual, Collaborative, War, Third World, tactical media, social space, responsibility, resistance, public space, media activism, Perl, Javascript, HTML, Visual, Text, installation

Attribution: Rhizome staff

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artist: Post-Exile Collective

title: The Word Room

inception: 2001

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not active since: 8 May 2013

access URL: http://wordroom.net

inception: 2001

associated with: Post-Exile Collective